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Monkey money

What can monkeys tell us about the stock market? Trained to use money, monkeys make some β€˜financial’ decisions which are remarkably similar to those made by humans.

What can monkeys tell us about the stock market? Apes and monkeys are our closest animal relatives. We share a common evolutionary history. Through studying them, Laurie Santos believes we can learn a bit about ourselves and our attitude to money. Laurie Santos has taught monkeys to use money (or tokens). And it turns out that in experiments, monkeys make some β€˜financial’ decisions which are remarkably similar to those made by humans. This may explain why we humans keep facing financial crises!

Presented by David Edmonds

(Photo: The Thinker scultpture by Auguste Rodin/Thinking Gorilla, Credit: Shutterstock)

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